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A series of novel laterally anchoring tetrahydroquinoline derivatives have been synthesized and investigated for their use in NiO-based p-type dye-sensitized solar cells. The kinetics of charge injection and recombination at the NiO-dye interface for these dyes have been thoroughly investigated using pico-second transient absorption and time-resolved infrared measurements. It was revealed that despite the anchoring unit being electronically decoupled from the dye structure, charge injection occurred on a sub pico-second timescale. However, rapid recombination was also observed due to the close proximity of the electron acceptor on the dyes to the NiO surface, ultimately limiting the performance of the p-DSCs.
Author(s): Hao H, Wood CJ, Clark CA, Calladine J, Horvath R, Hanson-Heine M, Sun XZ, Clark IP, Towrie M, George MW, Yang X, Sun L, Gibson EA
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Dalton Transactions
Year: 2016
Volume: 45
Issue: 18
Pages: 7708-7719
Print publication date: 14/05/2016
Online publication date: 29/03/2016
Acceptance date: 29/03/2016
Date deposited: 08/04/2016
ISSN (print): 1477-9226
ISSN (electronic): 1477-9234
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6DT00146G
DOI: 10.1039/C6DT00146G
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